Heavy Mineral Analysis

A method of analysis carried out on artifacts such as potsherds to identify the materials used; the shard is crushed and put into a viscous fluid in which the heavier minerals sink to the bottom. It is used to determine the geological source of the sand inclusions in the clay of the pot, and ther...

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Rimini

A harbor town on Adriatic Sea in northern Italy. It originally belonged to the Umbro-Etruscan civilization and was occupied in 268 BC by the Romans. A Latin colony was established there and as the junction of the great Roman roads the Via Aemilia and the Via Flaminia, it became a Roman municipium...

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Rimini

Proskouriakoff, Tatiana

Mesoamerican archaeologist and epigrapher born in Siberia who worked to decipher the Maya glyphs. She established the use of stelae to document dynastic sequences and deciphered glyphs of conflicts, adding substantially to an understanding of the Maya civilization. She wrote "An Album of Maya Arc...

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Proskouriakoff, Tatiana

Spout

A neck-like appendage that restricts a secondary orifice occurring to one side of a vessel's vertical axis, and typically on the vessel's upper body or shoulder.

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Coating

Adding a slip, wash, or glaze to the surface of a ceramic item.

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Coating

Khabur River

An important tributary of the Euphrates River in eastern Syria. Its basin was a strategic area for communications between Mesopotamia, Syria, and Anatolia (Turkey), and it contains such important sites as Tell Halaf, Chagar Bazar, and Tell Brak. It has given its name to a distinctive painted ware...

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Khabur River

Chancel

The part of a church for the choir, often near the altar and on the east side. At one time, only clergy and choir members were permitted in the chancel and it was often set off by a railing or screen.

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Chancel

Aker

An earth god of the Early Dynastic period, most often represented as a form of double-sphinx of two lions back to back. Aker's symbolism was closely associated with the junction of the eastern and western horizons in the underworld.

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Aeolian

Of or pertaining to the wind. This adjective is used to describe deposits or materials moved or affected by the wind or processes related to the wind. Aeolian deposits can bury archaeological materials intact or with little disturbance. Aeolian erosion can collapse and displace archaeological mat...

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Aeolian

Oral Tradition

Historical traditions, often genealogies, passed down from generation to generation by word of mouth. It is the handing down of this information by word of mouth or by example from one generation to another without written instruction.

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Oral Tradition

Mining

The creation of a pit or excavation in the earth from which mineral substances are taken. The colonization of northern European plain and introduction of the plow in the third millennium BC first necessitated the mining of flint in order to produce supplies of stone to make axes for clearing fore...

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Mining

Barlovento

A site on the Gulf coast of Colombia, dating to 1500-1000 BC, with distinctive pottery with wide-lined incised curvilinear designs.

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Barlovento

Palaeoanthropus

The name of the group to which Homo Neanderthalensis, Pithicanthropus Erectus, and Sinanthropus belong.

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